2.3% ▼ -56.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Brooklet · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Brooklet
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Brooklet compared to the rest of the country, where the local rate of 47.7% is more than 11 points below the national figure. While most adults are working or looking for work, the area has a very low unemployment rate of 2.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for similar areas. Unemployment is only 2.3%, a little below both the state and national figures.
60.2% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.7% ▼ -17.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 48.0%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing as the most common industry at 16.2%. Construction and retail trade follow at 11.5% and 10.8% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 29.2%, followed by professionals at 20.8%. Technicians and trades people account for another 14.6% of the workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Brooklet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10595/brooklet/topic/employment